Category: Press Release

Legal Aid intern Gerardo Vicuña has been selected as a 2012 recipient of the Ochoa Legal Group Workers’ Rights Scholarship.  The scholarship is awarded to law students for their exemplary work, dedication and legal advocacy on behalf of working people.  Originally from Mexico, Gerardo grew up in Orosi (Central Valley) California before attending UC Berkeley… Continue reading Gerardo Vicuña awarded Ochoa Legal Group Scholarship

The Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center has added Orange County to the list of its Workers’ Rights Clinic sites. The Orange County Workers’ Rights Clinic is a collaboration of Legal Aid, the Legal Aid Society of Orange County (LASOC) and UC Irvine School of Law.  The Orange County Clinic is housed at LASOC and is… Continue reading Workers’ Rights Clinic Opened in Orange County

This Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published a new fact sheet describing the ways in which federal anti-discrimination laws protect survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking at work.  The EEOC district offices are also now conducting trainings to community groups on this important topic.  To request a… Continue reading EEOC Publishes Factsheet for Survivors of Domestic Violence

LAS-ELC Project Attorney Charlotte Noss has been appointed to serve on this first-ever San Francisco Wage Theft Task Force.   This new policy making body was formed by the Board of Supervisors to efficiently organize city resources in the fight against wage theft.  Wage Theft occurs when employers fail to pay workers the wages they are… Continue reading Project Attorney Charlotte Noss Appointed to San Francisco Wage Theft Task Force

Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center is pleased to invite applications for sponsorship of a Skadden Fellow for the two-year period beginning in September 2013.  The two-year fellowship offers a recent law school graduate the opportunity to obtain training in litigation as well as many other aspects of public interest practice.  The Skadden Fellowship… Continue reading Skadden Fellowship Sponsorship

Patricia A. Shiu, former Director of Programs at Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center and current director of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, is pushing for big changes in the way that federal contractors make their hiring and employment decisions. Proposed regulations spearheaded by Director Shiu will require that federal… Continue reading Department of Labor Making Progress in Disability Employment Rights

In order to promote the health, well-being, education, and employment opportunities for low-income girls in grades K–12, the Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center has established a new project: Fair Play for Girls in Sports. Helping to make this possible is a generous grant from John and Terry Levin and the Jay and Rose Phillips Family… Continue reading Fair Play for Girls in Sports: New LAS-ELC Project Launched

Demonstrating that employers who do not respect the law will be held to account, eighteen hotel employees reached a $130,000 settlement with HEI Hotels and Resorts over denial of meal and rest breaks required by California law.  The settlement arose from claims filed with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement by employees of the… Continue reading Employees Denied Meal and Rest Breaks by HEI Hotels and Resorts Reach $130,000 Settlement Affirming Workers’ Rights

Demonstrating that employers who do not respect the law will be held to account, eighteen hotel employees reached a $130,000 settlement with HEI Hotels and Resorts over denial of meal and rest breaks required by California law.  The settlement arose from claims filed with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement by employees of the… Continue reading Employees Denied Meal and Rest Breaks by HEI Hotels and Resorts Reach $130,000 Settlement Affirming Workers’ Rights